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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

“does character develop over time? in novels, of course it does: otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. but in life? i sometimes wonder. our attitudes and opinions change, we develop new habits and eccentricities; but that's something different, more like decoration. perhaps character resembles intelligence, except that character peaks a little later: between twenty and thirty, say. and after that, we're just stuck with what we've got. we're on our own.”

to have it all but to want more. to reach the perfection but to yearn for the mess. harmony and balance beaten by the chaos. that's “le mepris“. perfectly pictured melancholy of life. but it's also the irony of the film industry that this piece is about. the clash between the classic, intellectual side of the art and it's corporate, commercial side. for me, the symbolism is obvious. festivals come and go, but the legends remain.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

inconsistent and domineering people are the worst. maybe it's insecurity, or they got lost along the way, but most of them have always been like that. being familiar with such people isn't necessarily bad, it just makes you appreciate honest and your own even more.

pictures via hedi slimane diary, taken in february 2016, in and around hollywood palladium in los angeles, california.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

“as your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. understanding the world requires you to take a certain distance from it. ... throughout our childhood and teenage years, we strive to attain the correct distance to objects and phenomena. we read, we learn, we experience, we make adjustments. then one day we reach the point where all the necessary distances have been set, all the necessary systems have been put in place. that is when time begins to pick up speed. it no longer meets any obstacles, everything is set, time races through our lives, the days pass by in a flash and before we know that is happening we are forty, fifty, sixty... meaning requires content, content requires time, time requires resistance. knowledge is distance, knowledge is stasis and the enemy of meaning.”

Friday, November 21, 2014

although i am totally aware of the fact that this blog is starting to look like an ode to hedi slimane and his saint laurent collections, i can't help it. everything this man does and the way he is doing it is my definition of perfection. photos of the saint laurent psych rock collection taken by mr slimane himself via vogue paris.